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Call for papers: Gender in the European Town, Medieval to Modern

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Publié le vendredi 08 juin 2012 par Loïc Le Pape

Résumé

As places which fostered and disseminated key social, economic, political and cultural developments, historically towns have been central to the creation of gendered identities and the transmission of ideas across local, national and transnational boundaries. The Conference will be organised in three main strands. We encourage papers that address one of the strands, or proposals that cross the theme boundaries. They should also explore what influence gender has on the shape of towns themselves, as a force for change. We welcome local studies as well as more comparative approaches and encourage historiographical, theoretical and empirical considerations.

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CALL FOR PAPERS : GENDER IN THE EUROPEAN TOWN: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 22-25 May 2013

Presentation

As places which fostered and disseminated key social, economic, political and cultural developments, historically towns have been central to the creation of gendered identities and the transmission of ideas across local, national and transnational boundaries. The Gender in the European Town Network invites proposals for papers of 20 minutes, completed panels (3 papers, chair and commentator), and poster sessions.

The Conference will be organised in three main strands. We encourage papers that address one of the strands, or proposals that cross the theme boundaries. They should also explore what influence gender has on the shape of towns themselves, as a force for change. We welcome local studies as well as more comparative approaches and encourage historiographical, theoretical and empirical considerations.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Elisabeth Cohen, York University, Toronto, Canada

Professor Rachel Fuchs, Arizona State University, USA

Professor Hannu Salmi, University of Turku, Finland

Professor Pamela Sharpe, Hobart University, Tasmania, Australia

Professor Amanda Vickery, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Main stands

Political culture and Civic Identity:

We want to discuss how civic identity and citizenship were negotiated and used in the urban space and how these were established and institutionalized. Proposals could include:

Gendered civic identity in different periods of time

Gender and different sites of political actions

Political culture and political actions

Religion as politics

Relations between local civic identity and national political development

Intersectional discussions of how changing social conditions interacted with gender and citizenship

Space Place Environment: Rethinking Space:

The role of gender in shaping, and being shaped by, space and place, particularly in the urban environment, provides historians and cultural geographers with the opportunity to look afresh at the changing nature of the town and its inhabitants over time. Proposals could include:

Historiography of spatial studies

Gendered urban environment in historical process

Meanings of space

Urban places as gendered meaning makers

New directions in the study gendered urban space

Stretching the urban economy:

The aim of this strand is to explore the influence of gender on the economic shape of towns and the ways in which men and women articulated their relationship to the urban economy. We encourage papers that stretch the traditional idea of economy by exploring different types of markets and nexus. Proposals could include:

Workplace organisation / relationships

Consumption and production interfaces

Networks (urban rural links, family businesses …)

Cosmopolitanism in economic systems

Influence of econo-political debates

Gendered illicit economy

Submissions

Proposals of 200 words for papers or posters should be submitted to geneton@sdu.dk